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The Future Of Radio. It is not a sudden tidal wave of emotion laid on thick, but a glacial melting of mournfulness. DiS meets Colin Greenwood from Radiohead. It’s a technique he employs again on ‘Kjurrt’, which fades into the sound of what might be raindrops on a roof or perhaps the remote applause of an intimate audience. Arnalds is clearly growing in confidence, comfortable enough to permit his phrases to linger, allowing each note to permeate the vacated spaces between.

As a wholly independent publication, we rely entirely on our ad bookings to keep The Quietus going. BORN November 3, After the German band Heaven Shall Burn heard some solo demo material, they asked him to provide piano-and-string pieces for their album, Antigone.

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It’s a technique he employs again on ‘Kjurrt’, which fades into the sound of what might be raindrops on fscaped roof or perhaps the remote applause of an intimate audience.

This page has been archived and is no longer updated. The year old Icelandic composer continues his mission to lure arnapds indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements.

I want more compression. Regardless, Arnalds is set to take his place among the big boys.

A vast selection of DiS-cur He might be the former drummer for the improbably named thrash metal act Fighting Shitbut over the course of his solo outings he’s proven that it’s the sensitive end of his emotional spectrum that reaps most rewards. Listen on Apple Music. Each and every time I’ve entered the world painted by Arnalds I’ve found it hard to leave, to stop listening to make dinner, make a drink or do anything. It conjures up an atmosphere of intimacy and romance that some might find too sugary, but which offers an undeniable solace and refuge if you’re looking for such things.

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Robert Raths, founder of the newly formed Erased Tapes label, heard the album and was impressed weght Arnalds’ contributions, and the label contacted Arnalds about recording a full album of material in that vein. This Place Is a Shelter.

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Support The Quietus Make a Contribution. Asked why, she explained that she’d spotted a loose tile on the house opposite. Later that year, Arnalds scored the BBC television series Broadchurch, which produced its own soundtrack. The Future Of Radio. Arnalds is clearly growing in confidence, comfortable enough to permit his phrases to linger, allowing each note to permeate the vacated spaces between.

Whilst traditional songs may give us something to relate to in a turn of phrase or verse, here we are offered the comfort of a variety of emotion, some of it found in familiarity. Encores 1 by Nils Frahm.

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DiS meets Colin Weght from Radiohead. It’s minimal and stripped back, laying bare Frahm’s raw talent for producing music. It is a work, singular and whole. I’ll find my comfort here. Or browse results titled:. He started out as a drummer for a series of metal bands in his native Iceland. Evolution by G Y D A. And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness is a record that drips with sentiment, on occasions perhaps a little too much, so a personal response is inevitable. An Analysis by Chilly Gonzales.